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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations.
How's everyone going, alright?
Going alright.
Yeah, another day, another dollar on the tools back at it.
Producer Joel, I wanted to bring something up.
You took us to the bowels of this building recently,
because we needed to take a photo in something that looked sort of prison-y.
And he's like, I've got the perfect place he's like follow me and we go down 10 flights of stairs and we walk down the hallway and then he opens up the door to this room uh and it was giving me
kind of sweatshop vibes i was like what is this room joel that's where I did some of my best work down there I used to like organise
And clean all the promotional
Like excess
And promotional prizes and stuff down there
There was a whole lot of cupboards
And sort of strange sort of rooms
Off to the side and stuff like that
It felt like maybe it was a 50 shades of grey
Sort of area but then there was someone eating
Without a word of lie someone was eating their lunch
There was a lady in there a three course lunch It was a beautiful looking lunch And she was someone without a word of lie someone was eating their lunch this lady in there a three-course lunch though it was a beautiful looking lunch amazing and she
didn't say a word like we're like who's this lady joe and he's like i don't know we worked together
for five years she never said a word just sat there eating her lunch so how did you know because
i've no idea that was even in the same building that we work in before i used to uh work on the
john and ben show here at the hits i used to do some random
stuff around this office clean up promotional stuff as i said like i i did i did i did it all
did all the random stuff i used to also hide some of the prize down there ate some chips
lollies and stuff it was a it was a great spot you could do anything down there he's like once
he's like let me take you on a tour to the showers he's like i've got to show you the showers there's
a whole lot whole lot of showers they're, there might be some naked people in there
And thankfully the swipe card didn't let us into the showers
Yeah, you've been banned from actually swiping in towards the showers, I think
Apparently you're not allowed to use other people's towels or something, I don't know
Oh, have you been using other people's towels down there?
We were like, are you living here, Joel? That was our concern
A lot of people wondered that, I'm not living here anymore
But you probably could, if you wanted to stay concern. A lot of people wondered that. I'm not living here anymore, but you probably could.
If you wanted to stay in this building overnight, I feel like you definitely could.
Yeah, because it's about five or six levels, and we're just on the ground floor, but above
are lawyers, officers, accountants, and that sort of thing as well.
So there's all sorts of nooks and crannies.
It's amazing what they make you do when you're an intern.
You do some wild stuff.
I remember when I first started.
Jeez, you did an intern. You do some wild stuff. I remember when I first started, geez, you did some stuff.
I had to tow around an A-frame trailer
that was about five times larger
than the car that I was driving it in.
And the car couldn't handle
the weight of the trailer.
And I got stuck like on a hill,
like on a really busy Auckland hill.
Do you know what's the...
Great advertising though for the station.
Great advertising.
You're like, oh, who's this idiot?
Oh, it's from The Rock
I was blocking three lanes of traffic
And I couldn't move anywhere
For two and a half hours
Cars were having to go on the other side of the road
And you're just like, sorry mate, sorry mate
It's the intern world, eh?
Yeah
Did you get paid?
I did get paid, yeah
I almost didn't get paid one day
When I was driving the ACC
Alternative Collective Commentary Caravan round And i drove it for about two k's with the brakes on on the motorway so i
pulled over and there's like jeremy wows lee hart all their face on the side of the caravan
and it was on fire on the side of the motorway thankfully they let me back in but um it was uh
tricky times back then radio doesn't really check your credentials. They're like, are you okay to drive a trailer?
Just say yes.
Yeah, give it a go.
It's an anniversary,
wedding anniversary today.
Happy anniversary.
Yeah, yeah.
What are you doing?
Well, that's,
yeah, that's the thing.
I mean, 15 years
we've been married.
We've been together
over 20 years,
Amanda and my wife.
And it's funny
because I think my wife,
because I've forgotten
in the past.
You've even got the date tattooed in Roman numerals.
Not a good look when you're forgetting that you have it tattooed on your body. But the problem is you should have done it in good old English numerals, mate.
But my wife, nice conversation yesterday.
My wife, Amanda, was like, you know what tomorrow is?
I'm like, yeah, it's our wedding anniversary.
And I think we're at that stage of the relationship where she's kind of like,
we'll plan a dinner in a couple,
when we've got time in a couple of weeks,
we'll do that.
And she's like, I was looking at the presents.
I'm like, we don't do presents, do we?
She's like, well, I thought we did.
When did you assume that you didn't do presents?
I thought, I was like, we do presents.
Well, just cast your mind back to 12 months,
this day, 12 months ago.
I don't think we did presents. I don't think we did just cast your mind back to 12 months, this day 12 months ago. I don't think we did.
Were there presents exchanged?
I don't think we did presents.
To be honest, I said, I don't want anything.
And she said, oh, maybe I'll buy something for myself
and then there'll be an anniversary present.
I'm like, great.
That is 15 years of marriage.
My mum and dad do that.
She had mum's like, I just go buy my own Christmas presents.
He writes his name on the card.
It's a happy marriage.
She's like, oh, there's this earrings, not too expensive.
I was like, it sounds great. You do you do that but i was like maybe i should give
her a quick call i hope they should be up and just say happy anniversary because she'll probably
think i've forgotten even though i've she's reminded me yeah right so is this your present
appearing on the radio how much would a client pay for this you know this is a priceless present
that's right thousands of dollars this would cost
clients across the country so i'm spending thousands of dollars on calling my wife maybe
she could advertise for a new husband 30 second ad hi it's amanda here i'm looking for her
hello happy anniversary happy anniversary
got in there got in there do you know present, this call's costing thousands of dollars.
Why?
Because it could be advertising for a client.
That's how much they pay.
So that's how much I'm spending on my present to you this year.
Oh, didn't that money can go towards like some jewelry for me?
Yeah.
Now, he just told us, Amanda, I know you're probably getting ready
the morning rush.
You're getting everything organized.
Ben just said he's got something really special planned tonight.
Like lots of presents.
I don't know.
The restaurant he named, I was like.
I knew you wouldn't forget, honey.
Yeah.
I didn't even know you could get a booking at the restaurant he just named.
Do you know what?
I did book a restaurant for, you know, we try to work out a date in the calendars,
and that's in a couple of weeks' time that we can actually do it.
But then I was like, oh, the restaurant I booked booked i'm spending the voucher that we got given you know the restaurant i'm like well let's use this let's use this just
don't say it though just amanda knows it's like you go to the counter i'll sort this out darling
all right pretend you haven't heard that man you forgot that it's also on my
birthday so you're comboing it up i love a combo a combo is a great thing hey producer taylor's
yeah you come in here producer taylor she's shaking her head in shame yeah is it okay
yeah taylor is it okay for a man to use a gift voucher when he's at an anniversary dinner no
absolutely not we're not we're gonna use the voucher when he's at an anniversary dinner. No, absolutely not. No, we're not.
We've got to use
the voucher.
No, but use it
for something else.
Like a random
takeover treat
midweek in the future.
Not for the
anniversary or birthday.
Well, happy
anniversary, Amanda.
Love you.
All right?
Thanks.
He's got a 12 cents
off Kitchville
voucher he's going
to get you for.
At your birthday,
we could go
Valentine's, actually.
We'd get that one free.
Love your work, Amanda.
And I'll take you to the Warriors.
Sold out on Saturday with the kids are coming too.
Family night out.
Sold out.
Sold out.
Jeez, sold out.
Casanova over here.
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So I got stuck behind someone yesterday at just where we go,
across the road after the show, and
they were placing an order from
the menu. Right. But
it felt like they
were literally redesigning
the toasted sandwich that they were
wanting to order.
Gotcha. They're like, can I swap the
white bread for the brown bread? And I was like,
oh, that's fine. Hold the mayo.
No ham. it was a ham
and cheese thing I'll take out the ham uh have a little bit of the cheese but instead of tomatoes
can I get pickles to the point where I was like surely they're questioning themselves if they even
want to order this thing yeah yeah it was like they'd created a whole new sandwich it's almost
like walking up there and go can you make me a you're right make me a sandwich and these are the
things I'd like in it and then charge me for it, rather than taking something
and then taking things away and adding things on.
Anything past three changes, I think, to an order,
you're redesigning the meal.
Yeah.
So I want to get into the most complicated orders this morning.
Things are always extra too.
That's the thing.
My wife was always like, oh, this, they're charged.
I was like, anything you add to something,
they're always going to charge you extra.
They're always going to charge you at least $3 for something.
If it's not in the thing, they're going to charge you $3 for something.
Trust you to notice this.
She'll get the bills, she'll go, oh, the mushrooms are $3.
Yeah, they work because you added it on the thing.
You added something.
They're not just chugging it in.
I took out something else.
They're not going to level that out and go, oh, they took off.
It's not out of the goodness of their heart.
I'm like, yeah, I have this conversation all the time.
I'm like, yep, you can,
but it's got to cost you $3 more.
Is that the standard?
Is it three bucks?
Sometimes more,
depending on what it is,
but at least it seems like
a minimum of $3
if you go to a cafe
and you take something,
you add something on.
I like,
a lot of people do it with burgers,
don't they,
when they go to the drive-thru and stuff.
So, oh, 800, that's.
Who has got New Zealand's
most complicated order?
It could be food.
It could be beverage.
It could be what?
Actually, Tay, Producer Taylor,
can we get you in with your coffee order?
You bamboozle people out of Auckland
with your coffee order.
Yeah, I got...
Your pretentious coffee order.
I pick a load.
It's a tiny thimble of coffee
and I go to order one
and the regional centres of New Zealand
have been like, don't do it here.
Not here.
Not here, mate.
Of all places.
Just order a big bowl of latte and enjoy it.
A flat white's fine.
Just drink half of it, you know?
Yeah.
Now, Producer Taylor, what is your coffee order?
So a small almond cappuccino, single shot with a sweetener.
Oh, jeez.
And you can't, like, how can you just fire that out
and they get it in one hit?
Yeah, you definitely can't.
You have to explain it.
Yeah, and some cafes
don't even have almond milk
and that puts a real spanner in the works
because then I have to go,
oh, because most people assume I want oat.
No, I don't want oat.
No, you don't.
I'll have trim then.
How are they milking almonds?
I don't know.
Don't they just get your buddy
thumb and finger?
How does it work? That's a good question. What happens is? I don't know. Don't they just get your buddy thumb and finger? How does that work?
That's a good question.
What happens is,
I don't know,
there was milk
to be extracted from an almond.
No.
You can buddy,
what's that movie?
The Fockers,
you can milk him.
Yeah, he was right,
wasn't he?
He was right.
Even an almond.
So,
have you got New Zealand's
most complicated order?
When you go and order a drink
at the cafe
or order your meal
or get a burger from the takeaways or order your meal or get a burger
from the takeaways
we'd love to get your calls
and texts on
The Hits
the Jono and Ben podcast
0800 The Hits
what we're doing
is New Zealand's
most complicated order
off the back
I was standing behind
someone yesterday
felt for like
8 or 9 minutes
as they
re-architected
the
what are you
Troll Harrison
what are you shaking
your head at
8 or 9 minutes
it seems like a concerningly long amount of time.
Okay, it was probably one to two minutes.
Felt like eight or nine minutes.
Then re-architecting the sandwich off the menu.
Changing the bread.
Taking out the ham.
Instead of tomatoes, wanting pickles.
I was like, mate, just get them.
Why don't you just write down what you want
and they can make that.
Yeah, that's true.
So 800, that's the most complicated order.
Have you turned ordering food into an Olympic sport?
Amanda in Swanson, how are you?
Morning.
Lovely to have you on, Amanda.
How's the West this morning?
It's good, good, good.
I'm glad the sun's shining, not raining.
And your complicated order, it's good good good I'm glad the sun's shining not raining and your complicated order
it's your husband
so my husband
orders a Heineken
with tomato juice
and everybody's like
what's her hang
and he chucks it all
in one big glass
he wants one of those
tall glasses
what?
and then he calls it
a bloody beer
a bloody beer
does he drink it together?
yeah all together and he loves it a bloody beer. A bloody beer. Does he drink it together? Yeah, all together.
And he loves it.
First I thought, no, it's just like a once-off thing.
But he's been doing this for like two, three years already.
So he really likes it.
Kind of like a Bloody Mary, but with a Heineken.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah.
Yeah, so that is.
That's his drink of choice.
It's his drinking choice. It's a weird one, though. Yeah, it is. That's his drink of choice. It's his drinking choice.
It's a weird one, though.
Yeah, it is.
Have you tried it?
No.
Well, I did take a sip.
I did take a sip, but no, thank you.
I can't finish it.
I guess you feel like you're getting some health into your beer drink,
aren't you, with the tomato juice?
That's true.
You're going to have a wonderful day out there, Amanda.
Really appreciate you listening to the program. Thank you. You guys too. Now we're going to have a wonderful day out there, Amanda. Really appreciate you listening to the program.
Thank you, you guys too.
Now we're going to go to Bevan.
History of working at Macca's, Bev.
Man, you would get fired all sorts of complicated orders.
Oh, yeah, I have.
And the most bizarre one I've ever come across was a burger without a bun.
Oh, take away the buns.
What do you just have the meat patty?
Well, no, we still had to put,
I think it was a Big Mac,
and we still had to put the sauce on there,
the onion, the pickle, lettuce, cheese.
And we had to assemble it with no buns.
It was just hard to assemble
I would imagine
you're just sort of
putting it in the box
pretty much
the other option is
they get it
and then take off the buns
yeah
yeah
but yeah
yeah that was an option
and
yeah
it was
one of the most complicated
ones I've ever come across
I see Maccas have even
I see the ads on the bus stops
they're even like
we're putting fries
in the burgers now
oh if you want yeah you can order that now that's cool yeah they Seamakers have even, I see the ads on the bus stops. They're even like, we're putting fries in the burgers now.
Oh, if you want.
Yeah, you can order that now.
That's cool. Yeah, that was around back when I was there, and that was 20-odd years ago.
But most people just did it themselves, to be fair.
Why was the ice cream machine always out of order, mate?
Let's have some real chat here one never was but the uh ones i know of
uh that usually were there's um there was things growing in them oh oh okay tasty ice cream tasty
delicious ice cream growing in them that's what it was yeah thank you so much, Bevan. Alrighty. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
The older you get, you start to tolerate things a little less, don't you, the older you get.
And our neighbours, they're actually really lovely, lovely people.
But, jeez, they love their karaoke.
You've talked about this before, yeah.
They are into karaoke.
They all have home karaoke, obviously.
Home karaoke.
They have like
Big karaoke party
It's great
It creates a
Good atmosphere
Not on a Tuesday night though
You know
But I've got
I'm getting up early
Yeah
And have a listen
This is some of their
Their bangers
I've tried to record it
And
So what are you
Sitting outside
I'm sitting
I can't get to sleep
So I might as well
Try and make some
Radio content out of this.
So he started off as a bit of a solo mission, I would say.
Doesn't sound like you're in another room of the house.
What?
That I've broken into their house?
Better audio quality in there.
This is when things kicked off.
Really good.
It's a really good Tuesday night karaoke.
I love it.
And I'm starting to think, the older I get, I'm turning into one of those people where noise is bothering me.
You know?
Yeah.
You start to, do things bother you, the older you get?
I'm like, no, I've not.
The other day, dogs barking
with another dog
nonstop
from six in the morning
Saturday
to probably about
nine at night.
That's quite a long time
of barking.
And I was like,
these guys are committed
to barking.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah,
I guess you do.
You probably do tolerate
things less and less.
I get annoyed
when people get,
I get annoyed
with the upset comments
that people get negative
on social media.
That really annoys me.
I was like, why do these people need to comment on everything?
Do you make a comment?
No, I don't.
Because that would be like doing what I hate.
But I want to, but I'm like, no, I can't.
Because I'm like, guys, just step away.
Step away.
You don't have to comment on everything.
Yeah.
So what we want to do, 0800 the older you get,
what are you starting to tolerate less and less?
I notice that we're not
in this demographic just yet,
but when you reach
a certain age of life,
speeding becomes
a big issue for you.
Now, you'll be outside
the front of your house
telling everyone
to slow down.
Like the other day,
yesterday was,
not yesterday,
sorry, it was last week.
I would have been going
28k's down a quieter street.
A guy's out on season.
Slow down, you hooligan.
Slow down.
I'm like, mate, I could probably walk faster than I'm going right now.
You're right.
I think there must be something that changes in your perception of speed.
Your speed radar is all off.
Yeah, it goes off.
He thinks he's watching bloody Lewis Hamilton drive down the street.
I'm like, mate, we could have a conversation as I'm driving along here now.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
As we head into spring.
You get into that fiddly time of you're like, do I take a jacket?
Do I not take it?
You know, it's going to be hot.
I still, again, things talk about things when you're older.
I still wear it.
The kids are like, mate, well, no, take a jacket.
Like the last few weeks, I'm still like, you take it, take something.
Take it, yeah.
Because kids will just, they'll...
Take that layer of insurance.
Exactly.
And I feel like my mum and many parents before me,
but I still say that to the kids.
And it's something else that would wind me up.
Yeah, what you're starting to tolerate less the older you get.
Both you and producer Joel, you agreed on fireworks.
You're not a fan of fireworks?
I love, it's, you know, public displays.
It's the opposite to my love life.
Public displays are fine.
The big ones, the big public displays, I don't mind.
But I hate the neighbourhood leading into it.
Public displays of fireworks, public displays of affection.
Yeah.
Loves them all.
But leading into, you know, around Guy Fawkes,
there's always people in the neighbourhood,
nights and nights before, nights and nights after.
The animals freak out.
It's just, yeah, I'm not into it anymore.
You like a controlled environment. Yeah, we go along. It's great.
Whatever. Everyone knows what you're in for. And they look good.
They look good in those things, but when people are firing
all sorts around the neighbourhood,
then you wouldn't have news stories about people sticking
sparklers in their butts and things.
You know? Yeah.
Michelle, you're on. The older
you get, the less you're tolerating what?
Oh, I'm definitely less tolerating,
got less tolerance for Bill Gates.
Bill Gates?
Bill Gates?
The one with the sword complex.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, so you think you've got to put up with Gates.
So at some stage,
were you feeling okay towards Bill Gates at some stage?
And now you've just gone, nah.
Or have you always been a bit indifferent?
Well, you know, I made Microsoft and computers,
and that was all cool when we were growing up.
You're like, come on.
I love this.
Now I think we should all just jab him.
Yeah, right.
Okay, so you're like, thanks for the computers you made, mate.
Now go away and live your life.
Yeah.
Bill Gates.
I love it. Thank you, Michelle. She's like, I and do your, live your life. Bill Gates. I love it.
Thank you, Michelle.
She's like,
I've tolerated it for long enough.
Yeah.
He's out,
he's run,
I was going to say some words there,
but I can't be bothered.
Steve, you're on.
Welcome.
How are you?
Yeah, not bad yourself?
Yeah, really well, thanks.
Older you get,
you're tolerating what less?
It's another Facebook one.
You go on all those community pages
and it's the people that go,
what time does such and such open
or they want to know something about it.
By the time they've posted it
and got a response and looked at it,
they could have Googled it themselves.
Yeah, that's a great point.
I love the ones too,
people are like,
does anyone know a good plumber?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
You can just look up,
just Google plumber. Everybody has their own perception of a good plumber yeah well yeah yeah you can just look up yeah just google plumber everybody has their
own perception of a good plumber so just again google it i feel like sometimes it's a sneaky
play from an influencer to go anyone know a good plumber and then someone go yeah i'll do your
stuff for free yeah all right that's my theory that's my theory sometimes that people are like
just fishing put it in a way to go, oh, and he's come through.
I'd love to come back and go, good plumber.
No, I'm a terrible one.
I'm a bit of a grubby bugger, but I'll come over and do your stuff anyway, mate.
Yeah.
Good on you, Steve.
Go and have a great day.
Some great messages coming through on the hits breakfast on Facebook.
Shannon, buffets.
The older I get, the less I can tolerate buffets.
You're right.
A lovely quality plated meal is sufficient.
Yeah, I can see where she's coming from.
Do you agree with that?
I don't mind a buffet,
but I can see where she's coming from.
People, people keep coming through.
I can't tolerate people, people, people, people.
People who rub against me at the supermarket
that I'm being touched by other people,
says Lynette.
Gary, Gary, are you a child?
Yes.
I love the name Gary. That's a great name. Again, who did we speak to yesterday? Eric Lynette. Gary. Gary, are you a child? Yes. I love the name Gary.
That's a great name. Again, who did we speak to yesterday?
Eric. Eric. Yeah. Eric, Gary.
Now, what can't you tolerate
the older you get as a child there, Gary?
My older brother.
Starting to get on
your nerves, is he? Yeah.
I feel like that's the job. He's having the Bill Gates effect.
That's the job of an older brother,
an older sibling. I was an older sibling, and I felt like that was my duty
to wind up my younger siblings.
Do you know what, Gary, what Ben would do to his sister?
And she'd be like, don't come in my room.
And then he would torment her and antagonise her
by standing in the doorway.
Put my arm in the room, and then she'd go,
you're in the room, I'm not.
Mum would come along and be like, see, I haven't moved.
Yeah, it was, yeah.
What does your brother do to you, Gaz?
Turns off my PS4 while I'm playing.
He what?
He turns off my PS4 while I'm playing.
Oh, that is criminal.
Yeah, not even just a quick little stand in the road.
That's going full.
Yeah, all right.
Good on you, Gary.
Appreciate it.
Just some great messages coming through here. Anahata says, I can't stand standing in the road. That's going full. Yeah, alright. Good on you, Gary. Appreciate it. Just some great messages coming through here. Anahara
says, I can't stand standing
in the shower. Starting to tolerate that
more and more. Going out.
My knees going up the stairs.
I can't stand everything, says Julia.
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podcast. Ben, I spent 63
minutes yesterday
sitting in a drive-thru.
In a takeaway drive-thru.
Now, I don't want to name the place, because this isn't a complaint.
I know times are tough.
People are understaffed.
They're working hard.
It was obviously a long line.
Long line.
Long line.
I was just sitting at the front going, can I take your order?
Oh, hang on.
I'll have a look.
It was all on you.
What's that one like?
Oh, yeah.
What does that taste like?
Oh, yeah.
And because I was just getting food for the kids' dinner just on the fly.
But from the time that I entered the drive-thru, I was sufficiently full.
I didn't need a meal.
But by the time I exited the drive-thru, I was hungry again.
It was that long.
63 minutes.
It was a long time.
But the thing is, when you're in a drive-thru, once you're in the crux of the drive-thru,
there's no getting out.
Yeah. If there's a car in front and behind, you're there.
You're locked in, right?
I could have unclogged my arteries and then prepared them to be re-clogged by the time
I got to the pickup window from the food delivery.
Well, yeah.
What's the longest time you waited for anything?
Phone lines?
Service?
Well, talking about Taylor Swift swift it's not me but
yesterday uh producer sarah who's in drive show she waited nine hours for taylor swift tickets
online to try and get them for australia i was heard her talking about yesterday
oh just sat at the computer for nine nine hours all day the computer was on
trying to you're in the queue you're in the queue got to the end of the day all sold out
but then then then she managed to get back on a couple of days later
when they re-released some more and got some tickets.
But you'd just be like, all day I have waited,
probably not doing any work or anything on this laptop
because it's like, don't touch the laptop, it's in the queue.
And then, yeah.
Why did you have to come up with that story after my 63 minutes?
Makes my 63 minutes feel miserable.
Old mate complained about sitting in his car in his nice air-conditioned car. Why did you have to come up with that story after my 63 minutes? Oh, well, sorry. Makes my 63 minutes feel miserable. It wasn't, yeah.
Because old mate complained about sitting in his car
in his nice air-conditioned car.
Well, it wasn't like, you know, like she was at home doing stuff as well.
It wasn't like she had to.
Nine hours.
But yeah, so there you go.
I've got nothing to compete with that either.
No, but you're just blowing my wonderful story out of the water.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
Jono's internet wormhole.
Yeah, I got lost again being on the internet
and
I think this will play into
your sweet spot
what t-shirt are you wearing?
oh yeah, no it'll definitely play into your sweet spot
so it's the most successful
television shows
in history
and I want to see if you can
guess what they are I'll give you the top four
well i'll go for like judging by the t-shirt that you just referenced i'm guessing the simpsons
might be in there somewhere you got the bartman t-shirt on at simpsons number one the most
successful television show started in 1989 34 seasons40 episodes. It's the longest running animated series, the longest running American sitcom.
Wow, so this is of all time.
All time.
This is what they reckon.
Because there was a sitcom list that came out the other day or something that had The Simpsons in it, number nine.
Or something.
As an animated sitcom.
Number nine?
Yeah.
Probably tops every list you'd imagine.
Yeah, I was quite surprised by that
Good thing it's still about cartoons
Is they can stay consistently
The same age
Yeah
They don't look older
Younger
Yeah you're right
So you Simpsons
What else do you think's in there
Top four most successful
Television shows
I really
That's a really hard question
I mean if you're judged
By TV
TVNZ1 at the moment
It'd be The Chase
But I think
It hasn't been around that long
Chase hasn't made the top five
Hasn't made the top five
No Are we talking To other iconic sitcoms Or what are we talking One at the moment would be The Chase, but I think that hasn't been around that long. Chase hasn't made the top five. Hasn't made the top five.
Are we talking to other iconic sitcoms or what are we talking?
Like Friends?
Boom, number two.
Ten season run.
And I guess it's the ongoing rollovers that they have.
But they started out earning $22,000 per episode, all of the actors on there,
all the main actors.
By the end, it was $1 million per episode all of the actors on there were the main actors by the end it was one million dollars per episode and they still get paid i think from residuals now oh imagine something that's probably uh millions and millions a year of doing nothing yeah okay
so you've got friends you've got simpsons it's big band theory in there boom number four
i like i know i see the stats the big Bang Theory is one of the most popular shows.
I've hardly ever watched it.
I've watched very little of the show.
But yeah.
They get a million bucks an episode as well.
The Big Bangers.
Right.
Big Banging Payday.
And number three.
I don't know.
Modern Family.
Right, Modern Family.
Eleven seasons.
Funny show, that.
It's really well done.
Yeah.
Sofia Vergara got $65,000 in the first episode,
first per episode, and then by the end,
half a million per episode.
$500,000.
Oh, fair enough.
I mean, she's not making friends money,
but that's pretty good.
We won't tell her about how much the Big Bang cast are getting.
And rounding out the top five
I
I don't know
I didn't look at number five
Oh I thought you were
Guessing that
Okay
It was just top four
It's top four
That's all you do like top five
Everyone does top fives mate
We do top four
Different against the grain
They are the top four shows
It doesn't quite have the same ring to it
Top four
That's all good
It's probably good for our timing
Of this little chat
Yeah we've got to time out for news
At seven o'clock mate
Yeah exactly